Hockey stick



z. A. HALL HOCKEY STICK June 14, 1927.

Filed NOV. 26. 1924 Patented June 14, `192:7.

UNITED` fsTifIEsI i g1,631,960 PATENT oFjFicE.

ZACHABIAH ADAM `HALI.,.or` HESPELER. ONTARIO. CANADA.:

HQCKEYl STICK.4

application sied November 26, 1924. sei-iai No. 752,445. i

The object of my'invention is to devise a` strong, durable and uniformly finished hockey stickthat can be inexpensively manufactured `and forthe construction of which,

` wood can be used that heretofore has been` considered factory scrap or waste.

This object is attained by separately making the handlefand blade, and so jointing them that when the parts are properly assembled the tensile strength and durability of the stick will be at least equal to, if not greater than, the tensile strength and -durf ability of a hockeyl stick in which the blade is integral with the handle.

`In the production of a hockey stick from a single piece of wood thereis necessarily a considerable amount of Waste in the shaping of the handle and blade, and the loss or waste of material in the manufacture is approximately equal to the amount in the manufactured product. By separately making the blade and handle parts there is practicall no waste of material in `the shaping of t e handle and very little waste of material in the making of the blade, and it is possible to obtain, according to this invention, approximately double the amount of production that can be obtained from the same quantity of raw material when the bladeand handle are of an integral nature. By separately making the hockey stick parts it is possible to use for the blade a strong, tenacious material having more or less resiliency or spring and to use a rigid material for the construction of the handle, thereby obtaining the advantage of the full driving force of the stick without risk of breakage under reasonable conditions of use.

For an understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which,

Fig. l is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section of a hockey stick, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views to Fig. 1 showing modified forms of construction.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawing.

The hockey stick consists of two separately constructed parts viz z-a handle 1 and blade 2, with the grain of the Wood running lengthwise of each part. By separately making the blade and handle, it is possible to use wood of any kind, weight, or texture in the blade and to use a different wood in the handle of the same stick, so that the desirved strength and balance required by hockey players maybe acquired. In the constructionsshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the handle part, from a point `interjacent its ends, is taperedto form an elongated tongue 5'of substantially V-shape.

In Fig. 1' thetongue 5 is shown to be made by gradually tapering the handle part from a point interjacent its ends to approximately the throat 1() of the blade. i

In Fig. 2 the forward edge of the handle part has a substantially V`shaped notch 3 and from the notch 3 and a corresponding point on the opposite edge, the handle part tapers to form the tongue 5.

`As shown in Fig."`3 the forwardedge of the handle part 1 has a. substantially V- shaped notch 3 and the opposite edge has a recess 4 in line with the notch 3. From the notch 3 and recess 4 the handle is tapered to form the tongue 5. i f

Integral with the blade 2 is an arm 6 that is angular to the blade. The arm 6 is formed with a recess 8 extending inwardly from the free end of the arm and of corresponding location, shape and dimensions to the tongue 5, this recess providing .the arm with two forks, 9, 9. Y

In Fig. 1 the ends of the forks 9, 9*v are tapered to match both edges of the handle part. l

In Fig. 2 the end of the fork 9 is entered Y in the notch 3 and the end of the fork 9 is tapered until it matches with the corresponding edge of the handle.

In Fig. 3 the end of the fork 9 is entered in the notch 3 and the end of the fork 9L is entered in the recess 4.

The tongue 5 and the walls of the recess the stick is strengthened at the throat to resist, under reasonable conditions ofiuse, the bending and breaking strains to which the stick is subjected. Y

Having thus Vfully described my invention what I clann as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1S:

l. A hockey stick comprising a handle part one edge of which has a` 'V-shapednotch interjacent its ends, said handleV part,A

being tapered from the notch and a corresponding point on the `opposite, edgeto form.

an elongated tongue, and a blade part having an .integralcarin angular to the blade formed with an elongated recess. corresponding in location, shape and dimensions to the tongue of the handle part, said tongue enteredin the elongated recess and extending to the throat of the blade, and one of the forks of `the arintorined by said recess entered in. the notched edge of the .handle A part.

2. A` hockey stick comprising aA handle part and a blade part, the said handle part having` a Vshaped notch on one side and a recess on the other side interjacent its ends,

and tapered lroin saidy notch and recess to forni a tongue, and said blade part having formed integral therewith an arln angular to the blade, said arm having an inwardly extending recess corresponding in location, shape and dimensions to the tongue ofthe handle, Vto for-1n t-Wo forks the end of one of which entered in said notch and the end of the other of which is entered in the .therewith an arm angular to the blade,v and recessed to receive said tongue, the free ends ot' the arlnadapted for engagement with the said` notch and recess,` andrmeans for securing theblade part and handle part together.

Dated at the city of rlloronto,rin the county of York and Province of Ontario, this 4th day of November, A. D. 1924.

ZACHARIAH ADAM HALL. 

